WildlifeWhite-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis A common and familiar bird and a candidate for the national bird of Iraq (Omar Fadil)Scarce SwallowtailIphiclides podalirius Often encountered in spring and summer in the northern hills (Omar Fadil)Sacred IbisTheskiornis aethiopicus Iraq has the only breeding colony in the Middle East (Mudhafar Salim)Golden JackalCanis aureus A common mammal often hunted and captured for zoos (Omar Fadil)Wild BoarSus scrofa Widespread, and frequently damages crops and gardens (Mudhafar Salim)Goitered GazelleGazella subgutturosa A vulnerable mammal that is rare through hunting (Mudhafar Salim)

Spiny-tailed LizardUromastyx aegyptius A widespread resident of the desert (Omar Fadil)Slender-billedGullsCroicocephalus genei A breeding species which also winters in numbers over 10,000 (Korsh Ararat)Little BitternIxybrychus minutus A breeding summer visitor in many reedbeds (Omar Fadil)Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor An uncommon resident in deserts and steppe (Omar Fadil)Wind FlowerAnemone biflora A familiar spring flower in north Iraq (Saman Abdul Rahman Ahmad)Orchid Cephalanthera kurdica Iraq’s endemic orchid is in bloom from April to June (Saman Abdul Rahman Ahmad)

People and Way of LifeBoat traffic (Omar Fadil)Making mud bricks (Mudhafar Salim)Poster: People and Traditional Way of Life (photos by Omar Fadil and Mudhafar Salim)